COMMONS: Dynasties - The Sahotas

December 29, 2019

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COMMONS: Dynasties – The Sahotas

The Sahotas are Vancouver’s most notorious slumlords. For decades they’ve let their buildings rot, leaving their tenants to live in filth and desolation. But the Sahotas are not like any other dynasty you’ve ever heard of. Their story is far stranger, and far darker, than anything you can imagine.

Jesse Brown

Host & Publisher

Kevin Sexton

Producer

Arshy Mann

Host & Producer

Jordan Cornish

Producer

The Sahotas are Vancouver’s most notorious slumlords. For decades they’ve let their buildings rot, leaving their tenants to live in filth and desolation. But the Sahotas are not like any other dynasty you’ve ever heard of. Their story is far stranger, and far darker, than anything you can imagine.

Featured in this episode: Jen St. Denis, Christopher Cheung (The Tyee), Sam Dharmapala

To learn more:

“For low-income residents in Vancouver, a different kind of real estate crisis” by Wendy Stueck and Mike Hager in The Globe and Mail

“’Out-of-control’ SROs: Everyone wants to help, but no one seems to have the tools” by Denise Ryan in The Vancouver Sun

“Room 821” by Crackdown

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This episode is sponsored by Freshbooks, Audible and Wealthbar.

Additional music:

“I Am A Man Who Will Fight For You Honor” by Chris Zabriskie, adapted.

“Unanswered Questions” by Kevin Macleod, adapted.

This episode originally aired on November 27, 2019.

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